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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 1, 2009 - 11:09pm PT
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"Anybody can put up a classic route, but it takes real talent to come up with a great route name."
Charlie Fowler
What are the best route NAMES?
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Mimi
climber
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A Farewell to Arms, The Gunks.
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tom Slater
Trad climber
CA
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"Nipples That Cut Glass" .10b
Twin Crags - Tahoe
Tobin Sorenson put up a route called "Inner Sanctum" 5.10a at Bishop Peak (San Luis Obispo) that is pretty runout (2 bolts and a nut). The first bolt is nearly 30 feet up. If you lead it, the name fits.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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I think I've posted my faves before...
Ephemeral Clogdance (a slab)
I Saw a Sleaze Revisit Ed (Next to Isosceles Revisted)
Fully B.S., or a Tree. (You get it when you see it.)
Jumar of Flesh (ow)
Waiting for Walter. (Long story.)
Mother Earth (Very classy, IMO, for such a big line up Middle. Which is the alpha female. It just is...I don't know why exactly.)
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adam d
climber
CA
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Wages of Skin (Rock Creek Canyon)
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Well of course Eldo's Naked Edge goes without need of mention.
If you know the history Country Club Crack (in Boulder Canyon) is a brilliant name.
Unimpeachable Groping (at Red Rock) is a fabulously apt and funny name.
I Can't Believe It's A Girdle (at J Tree) always tickled my funny bone.
Takes me back to old TV commercials.
But my all time favorite is Too Loose To Trek (the J Tree choss fest classic).
Described as a short dirty little climb.
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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'Magnolia Thunder Pussy' has to be up there.
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adam d
climber
CA
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gunks...Erect Direction
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Mescalito
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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In my own humble opinion, Planning Commission....it's named after yo...heheh. Yeah, I'm prejudiced...that's another good one by the way. lrl
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MH2
climber
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Anybody can come up with a classy route name but it takes real talent to come up with a great route naming system.
Clay, Earwax, ...
Although as names I like Crack of Doom versus Puff 'n' Grunt Chimney (thanks to Kevin Bein).
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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I always liked "Honor Thy Father".
Ken
P.S. A great name can add an extra star to the route.
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rick d
climber
tucson, az
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best route name never used:
"Leonard Smalls"
(obviously a smaller that tcu crack)
"my friends call me Lenny, but I don't have any friends"
He is the biker from Raising Arizona for those who missed it.
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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How about Sphincter Quits or Ride a Wild Bago?
And of course The Central Pillar of Frenzy, The Grand Giraffe and Death and Transfiguration.
Another one of my all time favorites is The Aeolian Wall.
Ooh and The Plunge!
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climbrunride
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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2nd vote for I Can't Believe It's A Girdle.
I especially like route names which play off of the names of more famous routes/formations, like:
Central Pillar Of Frenzy
Boogers On A Lampshade
Run From You Wife
etc.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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unnamed
that one always seems to work.
ToddSk. once entrusted me with a few of his gem names, causing me to swear that I'd never tell 'em or use 'em. Well, now that he's gone, I gotta say, I want to put up:
"Looking for Mr. Armbar"
RiP Buddy.
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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No mistake or big pancake
Edging skills or hospital bills
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Let's F*ck the Crack Whore and Dingo Ate my Floater are two of my favorites..........
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Port
Trad climber
San Diego
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illusion Dweller
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